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Perko pair knots
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Perko pair knots
- This is a picture of the Perko pair knots. They were first thought to be separate knots, but in 1974 it was proved that they were actually the same knot.
Basic Description
In 1899, C. N. Little published a table of 43 nonalternating knots of 10 crossings that listed the two knots shown above as being distinct. Seventy-five years later, Kenneth Perko, a lawyer and part-time mathematician, discovered that these were actually the same knot[1].
To say that two knots are the same is to say that one can be deformed into the other without breaking the knot or passing it through itself. To prove that two knots are the same, we can create one of them out of actual rope, and tug at it and move it around until it looks like the other. As the story goes, that's how Perko figured out that these knots are the same - by working with rope on his floor.
We can also prove that two knots are the same by working with their projections. A projection of a knot is a flat representation of it, essentially a 2D drawing of the knot. There are many ways to use projections to show that certain knots are distinct from each other, but the main way of using projections to demonstrate that two knots are the same is to use the Reidemeister moves, which are described below.
A More Mathematical Explanation
Reidemeister movesAs was stated above, knots are considered to be the same if one can be rearra [...]
Reidemeister moves
As was stated above, knots are considered to be the same if one can be rearranged into the other without breaking the string or passing it through itself. This kind of transformation is called an ambient isotopy. But when we're writing a written proof, we have to work with the knot's projection, instead of the knot itself. What manipulations can we make on a knot's projection that correspond to ambient isotopies in three dimensions?
The first answer is a planar isotopy. A planar isotopy is the sort of transformation you could make if the projection of a knot was printed on very stretchy rubber. The image can be stretched in all directions, but none of the crossings are affected:
The original image.
These two images are planar isotopies of the original image.
This is not a planar isotopy of the original image.
The second answer is the Reidemeister moves, a set of three changes we can make to a knot's projection that do affect the knot's crossings but are still ambient isotopies. Every change to a knot's projection that corresponds to an ambient isotopy can be described as some combination of these three moves. In the images below, we imagine that the line segments continue and connect in some sort of unspecified knot, and only the section of the knot we're looking at changes:
Proving that the Perko knots are equivalent
In his paper "On the Classification of Knots", Kenneth Perko provided an abridged proof that the knots now known as the Perko pair are the same[2]. This proof is shown below:
Perko's proof relies on the ability of the reader to manipulate the knots in their head and verify that each projection can be manipulated to look like the next. To create a full, rigorous proof, we need to use planar isotopies and the Reidmeister moves, as described above.
Below is a step-by-step Reidemeister moves proof that follows the outline of Perko's shorter proof. The arrows between each step are labeled to show how we get from one image to the other: p.i. means we use a planar isotopy, I means we use the first Reidemeister move, II means we use the second move, and III means we use the third move. Mousing over a step will highlight the part of the knot that's about to move in pink, and display a dotted green line showing where it will move to.
Dowker notation
Dowker notation is a way of describing knots with numbers. Each crossing is labeled with two numbers, and anyone who knows the notation can reconstruct the knot by connecting the numbers in the right order[1].
Why It's Interesting
The story of the Perko knots really helps to show that mathematics, and knot theory in particular, is not limited to academics and professional mathematicians. Anyone who is interested in math and spends time studying it has the potential to discover something new and interesting, no matter what their day job is.
Knot theory itself is one of the most accessible areas of math. What could be more familiar than knots? We use them every time we put on a pair of sneakers or a tie, and they're an important part of many crafts, from knitting to embroidery. Knots are also a common decorative element in artwork from many cultures. It's interesting that something so commonplace can become the object of mathematical study, and that even though the questions that mathematicians ask about knots are often simple, such as "How can we tell if two knots are the same?", the answers can turn out to be surprisingly complex.
Connections to chemistry
Interest in comparing and tabulating knots actually grew out of a mistaken theory in chemistry. In the 1880s, chemists believed that space was filled with something called ether, and Lord Kelvin proposed that different atoms were different types of knots in the ether[1].
Belief in ether soon faded, but interest in identifying and cataloging different types of knots remained. Knot theory soon grew into its own mathematical discipline, which for many years seemed to have nothing to do with chemistry. Recently, however, scientists have begun to see that large, complicated molecules are often knotted, and have turned to knot theory to help understand them. Image 7 shows a knotted molecule. It now appears that knot theory is important to chemistry, although not in the way its founders thought.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Adams, C. (2004). The knot book: An elementary introduction to the mathematical theory of knots. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society.
- ↑ Perko, K. (1974). On the classification of knots. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 45, 262-266.
- ↑ Weisstein, Eric W. "Dowker Notation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/DowkerNotation.html
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Born and raised in Cheboygan, Nathan Opper could not have foreseen the wisdom in his mother's advise when she told him in his early 20s that he should step out and see the world beyond his hometown and find his way along a new path.
The 1989 Cheboygan High School graduate took his experience working for his uncle's construction business and headed West where he landed in Seattle, Wash., and continued in construction, also picking up part-time work as a bartender and eventually moving into restaurant management. Opper is the son of Marcia Shampine and John Opper of Cheboygan.
"It was a big step for him; from a small town to a big city. He's a risk taker," said Shampine.
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Seven of the restaurants follow the theme of their original business concept, a Tex-Mex restaurant with a premium margarita bar called The Matador. Three of the 10 opened in the past year.
In 2012, the pair opened Kickin' Boot Whiskey Kitchen in Seattle, featuring house-smoked barbecue, mesquite-grilled steaks and fried chicken. A sister restaurant, Southland Whiskey Kitchen opened later that year in Portland.
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The Ballard Annex has an oyster bar and stainless steel chowder pots near the entrance, seats 35 at the bar, which is separated from the dining room by a chest-high room divider curved like a ship's hull and topped with rigging-like nautical rope. Upstairs is a back bar that seats 60.
The menu features eight kinds of oysters, lobster, crab and seafood main dishes like pan-seared sockeye, clam linguine and halibut and chips. Opper, who developed the menu, is quoted in the Puget Sound publication:
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Back in Cheboygan, Opper's mom, Marcia Shampine, said while growing up in Cheboygan, Nathan enjoyed food and experimented with recipes cooking with his dad and learning from his grandparents. She said in the partnership, her son focuses more on the food end of the business and oversees "many managers," while Melang specializes in the design and real-estate aspects of the restaurants. In total, they employ about 500.
She said when her son started bar tending and managing restaurants after he first moved to the West, he realized his full-time job in construction wasn't where he belonged. In a Nov. 9, 2012 Seattle Times article on the challenges of opening a restaurant, Opper is quoted:
"Why should I be pounding nails in the rain and getting electrocuted by a Skilsaw? Why not open a restaurant? Trouble was, I was living week-to-week."
With the help of an "angel investor," the partnership took off, and Opper now owns a home with a view in an upscale Seattle neighborhood.
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NEW YORK — The NHL wiped out the third week of the regular season Friday as the lockout dragged on, leaving no more wiggle room if the league hopes to play a full 82-game schedule.
A day after the NHL turned down three counterproposals from players, the league canceled 53 more games. A total of 135 games through Nov. 1 have been scratched, which amounts to 11 percent of the season.
"As expected," New York Rangers goalie Martin Biron told The Associated Press in a text message. "We continue to work hard to find an agreement and get back to playing hockey."
In its third lockout since 1994, the NHL is sticking to its most recent proposal that stated a full 82-game-per-team schedule could be played if the season begins by Nov. 2. The league says a deal must be reached with the union by next Thursday for that to happen.
Two weeks ago, the league called off 82 games from Oct. 11-24.
On Thursday, the union rejected the NHL's proposal made two days earlier that offered a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues and ensured a full regular-season schedule. In brief talks, the players countered with their trio of offers that were, in turn, quickly dismissed by the league.
"We are disappointed that the NHL has canceled more games as a result of the owners' lockout," said former player Mathieu Schneider, now the NHLPA special assistant to the executive director. "The players made another major move in the negotiations this week in an effort to end the lockout, by presenting the owners with a proposal that gets to a 50-50 split of revenues.
"In return, we expect that owners will honor the current contracts they have already signed, which everyone knows is fair."
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said he was "thoroughly disappointed" as he and the league delegation left union headquarters in Toronto. Bettman said that the owners' proposal was the "best that we could do" and added that the sides are still far apart.
"None of the three variations of player share that they gave us even began to approach 50-50, either at all or for some long period of time," Bettman said Thursday. "It's clear we're not speaking the same language."
No new talks are scheduled.
If next Thursday's deadline passes, more games will likely be cut, and the New Year's Day Winter Classic will be the next big event in danger of being lost. The Detroit Red Wings are slated to host the Toronto Maple Leafs in the outdoor extravaganza at Michigan Stadium.
Union executive director Donald Fehr said two of the union's proposals would have the players take a fixed amount of revenue, which would turn into an approximate 50-50 split over the term of the deal, provided league revenues continued to grow.


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Britt: Of course, public and school librarians operate in different spheres of responsibility for a child's access. Many teacher librarians may act in loco parentis (in place of a parent) depending on their state or district; public librarians have no such mandate. It is the common practice of public librarians (and the suggestion of ALA), particularly when processing a challenge, to place the responsibility for access on the parent, which relieves the librarian of that role. This leaves us free to collect for a broader audience, but also, I feel, limits our ability to be advocates for intellectual freedom for youth. Should youth librarians take a more active role when promoting access for children? Should we advocate for the right of the child over that of the parent?
Rebecca: Librarians are advocates for the minority voice– adult collections routinely contain books that are useful to immigrants or disabled persons or non-heterosexual populations. Why wouldn't we also be advocates for youth? The goal isn't to usurp parental rights, but to have first and foremost the intellectual freedom of youth in our decision-making. Individual decisions about appropriateness for a child should be left to the parents. Maybe I'm super-radical here, but I think youth librarians are ultimately advocates for intellectual freedom for children. That being said, some materials are just flat-out inappropriate for children (right?).
Britt: That's such a hard question, and so determined by the individual. How far do we go in making those decisions?
Rebecca: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is a wonderfully written book and discusses the nature of humanity and morality, but is so violent that I would not advocate making it readily available for children specifically. What is the difference, then, between making informed decisions regarding collection policies and censorship?
Britt: I firmly believe that children have the ability to self-select. I wouldn't use children's materials funds to purchase Blood Meridian, and I wouldn't place it in the children's section, because I would be endorsing it as having the potential to be enjoyable for a child. I think most children would probably choose to not read beyond a few pages if they ever got so far as to even open the book. So I think that having a respect for the intellect of a child is what draws that fine line in building an appropriate collection and censoring. That and understanding that resources are finite, and it is my responsibility to use them wisely, to the greatest benefit of my patrons.
Rebecca: That's a good point. Children are good at self-selecting but we need to be aware of what is a reasonable expectation of their comfort level. Has ALA misappropriated the term "censorship?"
Britt: I wonder this every time I read a comment from Safe Libraries. The individual who spearheads that movement has an excellent point; the Annoyed Librarian also frequently points out that true censorship is quite rare in the United States. I think perhaps my biggest frustration with this isn't the distinguishing characteristics of varying levels of access restriction, but that it detracts from our larger message of intellectual freedom and prevents us from spending energy in other places: advocating against legislation that allows parents access to children's library records, or against making library funding conditional based on complicit censorship, which CIPA very much does.
Rebecca: Certainly a government forbidding the printing and distribution of a book and a school removing a book due to explicit content isn't the same thing. The issue becomes how and why a book is determined explicit; if it's because the book offends Christian minority sensibilities (as one of many examples), then the removal of the book is inappropriate. However, if, for whatever reason, a school librarian does buy Blood Meridian and it is challenged and subsequently removed, that removal might be appropriate. Who gets to decide?
Britt: If the school librarian is an elementary school librarian, then I think I could only blame poor collection development for that choice. But what if it was Hunger Games? Somewhat similar themes, and wildly popular. Inappropriate for a third grader, maybe, but for some sixth grade readers? I would absolutely argue for that title. And maybe that's what the decision comes down to. Having the courage of our professional credentials to make such decisions, and establishing relationships with our teachers, parents, and administrators so that this authority is considered, perhaps not the final, but certainly the most weighty, in a collection decision.
Rebecca: Professional credentials– especially for school librarians who often need additional certification outside of an MLS– should be respected. That isn't to say individual librarians don't make mistakes, but in the same way we trust accountants, doctors, or lawyers to act in our best interests, so also should we trust our children's educators. Should we also take into consideration how accessible the book would otherwise be, for example, if it is in the local public library collection?
Britt: I think maybe this goes back to the ability of children to self-select, at least for books composed of text. This of course raises the question of access to material of a sexual nature, particularly images. Distinguishing between text and images has long been part of the intellectual freedom debate. Same for digital access: exposure to explicit images one patron is accessing online when a child walks by. How do we defend access then?
Rebecca: It feels like digital access is a whole new can of worms, though something librarians absolutely have to think about. Digital access to materials should be treated the same as a print resource; unfortunately, so long as public access terminals remain the in the open, a child might inadvertently see an inappropriate image. One solution some public libraries have taken is to block sexually explicit content on any terminal that doesn't have some way of obscuring its view (such as blinders). As for accessing electronic sources themselves, kids are pretty smart at getting around filters and firewalls…so I don't know.
- How can school and public libraries best collaborate to ensure the most protection over children's intellectual freedom?
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Sotheby's (1334 York Avenue; NY, NY 10021; Tel:212.606.7000) is having two exhibits on subjects of Jewish interest, prior to the auctions on Tuesday, the 17th of December. There are a hundred and sixty one lots in the Important Judaica exhibit, with one hundred and forty two lots in Israeli and International Art.
Many unusual items are shown in the Important Judaica section, including paintings, ceremonial art, books and more, ranging from antiquity to the 20th century in age. Quite a number of items impressed me, following is a small sampling…
The above pictured item, Lot 136, includes the full Chumash together with RaSH"I and a condensed version of Elija Mizrahi's Sefer Mizrahi (a supercommentary on RaSH"I), titled Kitzur Mizrahi, as authored by Jacob Marcaria in Riva di Trento. Marcaria was a physician, printer and author. He printed a small number of titles in the press of German Rabbi Yosef Ottolengo – who had been licensed to print Hebrew books by Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzo, Bishop of Trento. Included here are the Megillot (Scrolls) with commentaries by RaSH"I and Yitzchak Arama. It was obviously meant as a synagogue volume as it also includes the haftarot for the whole year as well as commentaries to aid in understanding these additional biblical readings. It is estimated to sell for $5,000 to $7,000.
Another book I found compelling was Sefatayim Yishak, Lot 143. In this slim volume are two letters written by Rabbi Jacob Yehoshua Falk – an ally of Rabbi Yaakov Emden – and Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Amsterdam – another staunch Emden ally and his brother-in-law. The letters, directed to the Rabbinical Court in Prague, expressed great concern and opposition to the newly appointed Rabbi of the German cities of Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbeck, Rabbi Yonathan Eybeschutz. Since Rabbi Eybeschutz' son and brother were known as Shabtai Tzvi followers, Rabbi Emden (whose father, the Chacham Tzvi, had been involved in a bitter fight against Nechemya Ochayon, after the latter was proven to be a full fledged Sabbatean) suspected Rabbi Eybeschutz' of secretly being a Sabbatean (especially after the latter gave a pregnant woman an amulet he wrote). This item is estimated at $10,000 to $12,000, it was printed in Altona in 1752.
More interesting books, among others, include Robert Estienne's Biblia Hebraica – in eight volumes – printed during a two and half year period from 1543 to 1546 (Lot 137), estimated at $20,000 to $30,000. An unusual collection of moral fables and animal stories, Meshal Ha-Kadmoni (Lot 134), by Yitzchak Ibn Shahula (and discussed by David Wachtel during last evening's broadcast, on our radio show), has an estimated range of $30,000 to $40,000. It has some eighty woodcut illustrations and the material is based on the Talmud and Midrashim, with kabbalistic and Indian influences.
A very unusual tome, which appeared in Catania (Sicily), is a Compendium of Medical Treatises in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew (Lot 96). While Arab copies of some of these works are relatively common, only three other copies in Hebrew letters are known. Jews lived in Catania as early as 383 B.C and many references to this town indicate, in later centuries, the presence of of numerous Jewish physicians. It's price is expected to come in at around $8,000 to $12,000.
Another rare treasure is the first printed edition of the Talmud Yerushalmi by Daniel Bomberg (Lot 133). It took two years to print it (1522 to 1524), and was based on Yechiel ben Yekuthiel ben Benyamin Ha-Rofe's work from 1289, known as the Leyden Manuscript. It is expected to sell between $20,000 to $30,000.
Among the paintings in this auction, two stand out. Moritz Daniel Oppenheim's The Kidnapping of Egardo Mortara (Lot 60)*, depicts a horrible event from 1858 that drew international interest and world outrage against the Pope and the Catholic Church. This barbaric, unashamedly antisemitic act, was the catalyst that brought about the Resorgimento – the unification of Italy under King Vittorio Emmanuele and the erosion of Papal power over the country in 1870). It is estimated to bring in $200,000 to $300,000. Isidor Kaufman's Portrait of a Young Rabbi (Lot 61), is another very powerful painting, with estimates ranging from $100,000 to $150,000.
The two watercolors by Georg Emanuel Opitz (Lot 62) (not a Jewish artist, though many of his works show Jews), depict rather whimsically a Jewish teacher punishing one of his students as the other kids make fun of their mentor behind his back, as explained by Jennifer Roth last evening on our radio show. The second watercolor shows a mother trying to intercede – on behalf of her daughter and her nervous suitor – with the father to accept the match. Both watercolors are expected to go for $8,000 to 12,000.
There are also many other items ranging from Torah finials, to crowns, to breastplates, to candelabra and more. All in all, this is a superb collection of items spanning hundreds of years and into the 20th century. Truly Important Judaica!
* The white colored streaks in Oppenheim's painting above do not show damage to the canvas, they are nothing more than reflections of the light in the exhibition hall.


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Why Right Wing News Is Sponsoring Homocon
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Last week, after the announcement that RWN is sponsoring Homocon, people started asking me why RWN chose to promote that event.
After all, I'm against gays in the military, I'm a strong supporter of Prop 8, and I'm very much in favor of a Federal Marriage Amendment. So, why back a gay group that doesn't agree with me on any of those issues?
Well, let's start from scratch. First of all, RWN has a history of supporting gay conservatives. At one point or another, RWN has interviewed Andrew Sullivan (in his pro-war days), Tammy Bruce, Matt Sanchez, and Christopher Barron from GOProud. Additionally, Matt Sanchez has written for the website and B. Daniel Blatt from Gay Patriot still writes for RWN while Jeff Gannon and the blogger from the now defunct Boi from Troy were invited to participate in RWN's blogger polls. So, sponsoring an event like Homocon isn't a big break from what RWN has done in the past.
Moreover, from what I've seen of GOProud, it's an enormous improvement over the Log Cabin Republicans. Let me tell you why: the Log Cabin Republicans have some conservative members, but organizationally, they are a left-of-center gay group. They are funded by Democratic money and their agenda is almost identical to that of most of the liberal gay groups out there. In all honesty, I don't consider the group to be conservative or even Republican in any meaningful sense. Keep in mind that this is the same group that even declined to endorse George W. Bush in 2004. Yet, take a look at all the establishment Republicans showing up for a Log Cabin Republican fundraiser just three days before Homocon:
After seeing that, isn't it a little ironic that Ann Coulter's appearance at Homocon is causing so much controversy?
Now unlike the Log Cabin Republicans, GOProud, is a genuinely conservative group. Yes, most of the members probably agree with the Log Cabin Republicans on gay issues. However, they genuinely believe that gay conservatives should have an agenda that goes way beyond their sexual orientation. GOProud notes on its web page that,
GOProud represents gay conservatives and their allies. GOProud is committed to a traditional conservative agenda that emphasizes limited government, individual liberty, free markets and a confident foreign policy. GOProud promotes our traditional conservative agenda by influencing politics and policy at the federal level.
That's not just all talk either. Christopher Barron pointed out that GOProud has walked the talk in his interview with me,
What hasn't been covered has been the tremendous outpouring of support that we've gotten from conservative organizations and from conservatives in the blogosphere.
I mean, it has been really spectacular because these people know. They've been to our website. They see our legislative agenda. They see the work that we are doing. We work with folks like Tom Coburn. We worked with John Thune on a concealed carry amendment. We work with conservative members. We're a conservative organization. I was really moved and not really surprised, but happy, about the support that we've gotten from fellow conservatives.
How about this release from GOProud during Scott Brown's special election?
"As the polls get closer and closer, Democrats and their allies on the left get more and more desperate. Democrats are unable to defend their record on taxes, spending, the economy, job creation, healthcare or the global war on terror, so instead they turn to smears, distortions and name-calling," said Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director of GOProud.
"In the last few weeks the gay left has slandered Scott Brown, claiming that he is 'anti-gay.' The truth is that Scott Brown has said that same-sex marriage is settled law in Massachusetts. Scott Brown has also said that he believes each state should decide its marriage laws – the exact same position taken by President Barack Obama."
"What has 60 Democratic senators delivered for gay families so far? Unemployment over 10%, spending spiraling out of control, a super majority bent on expanding discriminatory government-run healthcare, and an administration unwilling to confront the spread of radical anti-gay Islam. Nothing would send a clearer message to the current leadership in Washington about the unhappiness that all Americans, including gay and lesbian Americans, have with the direction in Washington than a win by Scott Brown.
So, after that, I think you can see why I'd like to see GOProud grow and thrive until it's capable of supplanting the Log Cabin Republicans.
Now, of course, there are some people who might agree that GOProud is an improvement over the Log Cabin Republicans, but have genuine religious objections to supporting a gay organization. I understand that and I'd probably agree with those people on many of the particulars. For example, I think it's a contradiction in terms to say that you're a Christian who supports gay marriage. I also believe gay sex is a sin and I would agree with Rick Warren's position on the issue. That being said, guess who else sins? You, me, and everybody else on the planet at the moment. Being aware that I'm a terribly flawed sinner myself keeps me from getting too high and mighty about other people's sins.
Moreover, there's a subtle but important distinction here that shouldn't be missed: it's one thing to condemn a person's behavior or his position on an issue, but if you move on from that to condemning him as a human being because of his sexual orientation, you've gone too far. As Billy Graham has said, "God will not judge a Christian guilty for his or her involuntary feelings." We mere mortals shouldn't do it either. The moment a person becomes convinced that you hate him or at least judge him harshly for something he has no control over, you've lost your chance to influence him. That's why when I think about this particular subject, I remember something that Tammy Bruce said during our interview that really stuck with me,
John Hawkins: A related question, I guess you would have been pretty surprised when you said in the book that while Christians "hold religious beliefs against homosexuality," they are some of the most tolerant, understanding, and kind people I have ever met." So was that a big surprise for you when you weren't getting condemned?
Tammy Bruce: Yes, it was; it was shocking. For me it was quite life-changing in my sense of how I viewed the world and I was also, when it comes to my view of Christians, quite surprised by how happy they were. I mean, I remember being on the left; no one is happy, trust me. They (are the) biggest group of miserable people you would ever want to meet. Everything is wrong, everything is going bad, everyone is after you, everyone wants to get you, people are building camps.
To speak with finally, on talk radio, with Christians, I was struck first by the genuine happiness from these people and also the fact that even though they disagreed with me, finally I was having conversations with people who were curious, disagreed with me, but didn't want to hurt me, were interested in persuading me, and it was quite a revelation, I have to say. I owe my beginning in talk radio to that kind of — it's the only place really where you can have that kind of exchange between someone like myself and conservative Christians and have it be safe and have it be really life-transforming.
The Christians Tammy Bruce is describing there, to me, seem to have set an example worth emulating.
Last but not least, let's talk about the political aspects of this. In his famous speech back in 1975, Ronald Reagan said it was important for the Republican Party to begin, "raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people." That's true not only for the Republican Party, but for the conservative movement.
Still, there's a world of difference between saying, "This is the Republican Party's position on this issue" and saying, "This is the Republican Party's position on this issue and to be a Republican, you have to agree with it." A political party that holds the former position can be both principled and have a big tent, while a political party that holds the latter position is doomed to purge heretics on one issue after the other until it dies an ignominious death. Additionally, no matter what your race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation may be, you should be welcomed into the Republican Party and the conservative movement. If there are people who don't agree with that, if there are people who think a gay conservative or a gay Republican is a contradiction of terms, then we're just never going to see eye-to-eye.
So, if you were wondering why RWN is sponsoring Homocon, you should have a much better understanding of it now.
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The truth of Jesus Christ often goes against the culture and beliefs of the people. It can take great courage to speak the truth of Christ to those who hate what He stands for.
Sometimes, following Jesus means facing persecution and dangers to proclaim who He is. Please ask God to give courage to those who minister for His name's sake.
Ac 23:11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."
Father, You alone are God and there is no one else like You. The earth is Yours and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. Let Your mighty hand of grace and mercy be extended to bless Your servant.
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Midwest Living Holiday Cookbook 2005
Cafe Latte's Turtle Cake
In 1985, Cafe Latte in Saint Paul created the Turtle Cake that's still on the menu today. It's a moist, rich, three-layer wonder. The cake layers are dark chocolate frosted with rich fudge and caramel and topped with a generous garnish of giant pecans.Cafe Latte's Turtle Cake
Gingerbread-Sour Cream Muffins
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Chocolate-Almond Bubble Wreath
Chocolate wrapped sweet-roll dough forms bite-size bubbles in this breakfast bread. We like it warm from the oven.Chocolate-Almond Bubble Wreath
Mediterranean Eight-Layered Dip
The day before you serve this layered dip, prepare the tomato mixture, hummus and tapenade. Cover and refrigerate separately until you're ready to layer and serve the dip. To save time, use purchased hummus.Mediterranean Eight-Layered Dip
Blue Blue Christmas Cocktail/Cranberry-Raspberry Spritz
Cheer the holidays with bold Blue Blue Christmas Cocktail -- a combination of vodka or rum, white cranberry juice, blue curacao and lime juice. Or offer guests Cranberry-Raspberry Spritz, which includes a make-ahead syrup base (enough for 80 servings!) and either champagne, carbonated water or lemon-lime carbonated beverage.Blue Blue Christmas Cocktail/Cranberry-Raspberry SpritzCranberry-Raspberry Spritz
Antlers Wild Rice Soup
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Spinach-Stuffed Chicken
A spiral of chicken stuffed with oozing cheese creates an impressive and irresistible main dish -- perfect for company. The recipe is from Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, Minnesota.Spinach-Stuffed Chicken
Cherry-Marinated Beef with Roquefort Polenta and Corn Salsa
Cherry juice concentrate gives the beef a nice "char" when grilled. This recipe comes from the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa near Traverse City, Michigan.
Espresso Flans
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These melt-in-your-mouth cookies come from the recipe file of Georgia Morehouse of Columbia, Missouri. Her family insists she bake at least one batch for New Year's Eve. Sprinkle them with colored sugar right before they bake to give them quick-and-easy sparkle.Bet You Can't Eat Just One Sugar Cookies
Cranberry-Coconut Tassies
Cream-cheese pastries with a cranberry, coconut and brown-sugar filling are like miniature pies. Bake them for a gift from the kitchen or for a tree-trimming buffet.Cranberry-Coconut Tassies
White Chocolate Bread Pudding with Hard Sauce
Zingerman's Roadhouse restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has come up with a winning version of bread pudding. It's filled with dried cherries, white baking bar and vanilla bean.White Chocolate Bread Pudding with Hard Sauce
Creamy Rich Pistachio-Tangerine Fudge
When we decided we needed a fudge for this holiday cookbook, we started a no-fail version and added tangerine peel, pistachios and white baking pieces. You'll love it.Creamy Rich Pistachio-Tangerine Fudge
Rosemary Ward's Apple Cake With Butter-Rum Sauce
"I first enjoyed this at a church circle meeting. Rosemary has since moved from Columbia, but I think of her every time I serve this," says Georgia Morehouse of Columbia, Missouri, who bakes it for New Year's Eve.Rosemary Ward's Apple Cake With Butter-Rum Sauce
Raspberry Creme Brulee
Raspberries stud this creamy dessert from a Baxter, Minnesota, restaurant.Raspberry Creme Brulee
Hot Buttered Rum and Spiced Pear Tea
Freeze a base of ice cream, butter, sugar and spices, then combine with rum and boiling water when you're ready to serve our Hot Buttered Rum. You can freeze the base for up to three months -- almost long enough to last through a Midwest winter!Pear nectar, honey, an orange and spices flavor easy-to-make Spiced Pear Tea.Hot Buttered RumSpiced Pear Tea
Stained-Glass Kaleidoscope
For a pretty party presentation: Press thin slices of fruit (such as kiwi fruit, strawberries, oranges, seedless grapes and/or maraschino cherries) against the sides of 6- to 10-ounce rocks glasses. Cover and place in freezer. Check after 20 to 30 minutes and replace any fruit that has fallen off the sides of the glasses. Freeze for 4 hours or overnight. When ready to serve add a little ice and your favorite clear carbonated beverage. If you want to add a little color, drizzle some grenadine over the top.
Best Potato Pancakes
Our taste panel loved this comfort food from The Echo in Cincinnati. For a crispy crust, cook the potatoes at a higher temperature.Best Potato Pancakes
More Holiday Cookbook 2005 recipes
Costa Rican Hearts of Palm SaladMulled Cocoa-Espresso EggnogHot Crab Artichoke DipRoadhouse Mac and CheeseCafé Latte's Chicken Salsa ChiliGraeter's Peppermint-Fudge Ice Cream PieLittle O'sMini Shrimp Cakes With Horseradish Chile MayonnaiseRoquefort PolentaSweet Corn SalsaBarbecued Ribs With Cherry Chipotle SauceShort-Cut Hoppin' John


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Lady Eagles having another strong start to season
After finishing a sterling 23-4 last season and winning a Golden Valley Conference League title, the College of the Siskiyous women's basketball team appears to be on the right track again this year.
The Lady Eagles are 8-1 for the year and have been noticed in the polls. Currently they are ranked No. 9 in the state and No. 4 in Northern California.
"I can't complain," longtime head coach Tom Powers said. While the team is not dominating opponents like it did last season where they could consistently win games by 20 or 30 points, or shooting as high of a percentage, Powers likes how steady his squad has been overall.
It helps that two key players that contributed last season in post players Hailey Wales and Anna Cameron are back. Cameron is leading the team in scoring by averaging 17.3 points per games and Wales has 14.3 points per game. Another key contributor is guard Shyanna Ashworth, who is averaging 17 points per game.
A key newcomer this year is freshman point guard Carrie Watson, who played her high school ball at Yreka High. While the 2009 graduate has not played on a team since that time she has proven she can play at a high level. Watson is averaging 10.4 points per game despite missing the past two contests due to injury. She is expected to play in today's game at the Monterey Peninsula Tournament against Bakersfield. A feature story on Watson is set to run in the Daily News on Friday.
Powers added that "we've been better defensively" and said that they are certainly making strives in that department.
This past season, a key factor in their four losses was that their post players fouled out early in those games. He said that he has worked with the team to try to avoid getting into foul trouble.
The Lady Eagles last played at home on Nov. 20 when they defeated Chabot 88-51 and are not scheduled for another game in Weed until Jan. 4 against Porterville. COS opens conference play on Jan.12 at Lassen. While it is not ideal that there is more than a month between home game, Powers said that it could be worse. For example, the COS men's basketball squad has only six home games all season compared to 10 for the Lady Eagles. Powers believes his team should contend for another league title this season and hope to make a deep run in the playoffs. Last season COS made it to the second round.


text: The objective of this course is to give students the most up-to-date information on the biological, personal, and societal relevance of sleep. Personal relevance is emphasized by the fact that the single best predictor of daytime performance is the quality of the previous night's sleep. The brain actively generates sleep, and the first section of the course is an overview of the neurobiological basis of sleep control. The course provides cellular-level understanding of how sleep deprivation, jet lag, and substances such as alcohol, ,caffeine, and nicotine alter sleep and wakefulness. The second section of the course covers sleep-dependent changes in physiology and sleep disorders medicine. Particular emphasis will be placed on disorders of excessive sleepiness, insomnia, and sleep-dependent changes in autonomic control. Chronic sleep deprivation impairs immune function and may promote obesity. Deaths due to all causes are most frequent between 4:00 and 6:00 a.m., and this second section of the class highlights the relevance of sleep for preventive medicine. The societal relevance of sleep will be considered in the final section of the class. In an increasingly complex and technologically oriented society, operator-error by one individual can have a disastrous negative impact on public health and safety. Fatigue-related performance decrements are known to have contributed as causal factors to nuclear power plant failures, transportation disasters, and medical errors.


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Mitt Romney embarrassed himself at the second presidential debate when he tried to score points against President Obama over the attack on the U.S. Benghazi consulate. As you no doubt recall, he claimed that the president didn't label it an "act of terror" for two weeks. However feeble a "gotcha" it would have been, as debate moderator Candy Crowley informed Romney, the president used the words in a press conference the day after the attack.
Romney supporters then mounted a brief campaign in an attempt to kill the messenger (Crowley) by insisting that correcting Romney showed partisanship on her part. The right has continued to make the case that the president and his administration were unprepared for the attack and responded poorly. In fact, some thought this would be critical to election results.
Specifically, the right asked:
1. Why wasn't the consulate more secure, especially with al Qaeda in the region?
2. Why weren't U.S. forces able to fend off the attackers?
3. Why is the Obama administration hiding the truth about the attack?
Obama supporters brushed them off. But is there any truth to the right's concerns about the Benghazi attack? At Counterpunch, Melvin Goodman, who writes about the decline of the CIA [I'm not exactly sure what constituted its peak — RW], answers in the affirmative, but for reasons more complicated than the right believe.
It's now apparent that the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was no ordinary consulate; in fact, it probably was. … the diplomatic cover for an intelligence platform and whatever diplomatic functions took place in Benghazi also served as cover for an important CIA base.
Any CIA component in the Middle East or North Africa is a likely target of the wrath of militant and terrorist organizations because of the Agency's key role in the global war on terror waged by the Bush administration and the increasingly widespread covert campaign of drone aircraft of the Obama administration. … The U.S. campaign to overthrow Gaddafi didn't clean the slate of these abuses; it merely opened up the opportunity for militants and Islamists to avenge U.S. actions over the past ten years.
In other words, speaking as the former CIA analyst that he is, Goodman writes
Americans are devoting far too much attention to whether a so-called proper level of security in Benghazi could have prevented the attack, instead of trying to learn the motives and anticipate the actions of these militant organizations.
The CIA should have learned from a previous incident.
The CIA failure to provide adequate security for its personnel stems from degradation in the operational tradecraft capabilities of the CIA since the so-called intelligence reforms that followed the 9/11 attacks. Nearly three years ago, nine CIA operatives and contractors were killed by a suicide bomber at their base in Khost in eastern Afghanistan in the deadliest attack on CIA personnel in decades.
Virtually every aspect of sound tradecraft was ignored in this episode.
But not much improved between then and the Benghazi attack.
The security situation in Libya, particularly Benghazi, was obviously deteriorating; the consulate was a target of a bomb in June. … Overall security for the consulate had been in the hands of a small British security firm that placed unarmed Libyans on the perimeter of the building complex. The CIA contributed to the problem with its reliance on Libyan militias and a new Libyan intelligence organization to maintain security for its personnel in Benghazi.
On the night of the attack, the CIA security team was slow to respond to the consulate's call for help. [Also] Ambassador Christopher Stevens was an extremely successful and popular ambassador in Libya, but he had become too relaxed about security in a country that had become a war zone.
Meanwhile, at GQ, Sean Flynn, who recently wrote the definitive account of the Utoya kilings, also provides one for Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens's final days. He concludes:
Even the apparently important operational question—namely, was there enough security—seems irrelevant, because there can never be enough to prepare for every scenario. "The lethality and the number of armed people is unprecedented—there had been no attacks like that anywhere in Libya," a senior State Department official said. "In fact, it would be very, very hard to find an attack like that in recent diplomatic history."
But we'll give Goodman the final word.
The Benghazi failure is one more reminder of the unfortunate militarization of the intelligence community, particularly the CIA, in the wake of 9/11 that finds our major civilian intelligence service becoming a paramilitary center in support of the war-fighter.


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Welcome to the 48HFP
Are you a director, actor, editor, shooter, or audio ninja just itching to practice your craft? Professionals, pre-professionals or hobbyists - this is what you have been waiting for.
The 48 Hour Film Project is an opportunity for filmmakers of all levels to practice your craft - to make a film in a weekend and have it screen before an audience at your local theater.
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How It Works
It sounds simple: Make a film in 48 hours - 2 days - one weekend. Here's the catch - you don't know the genre of your film until right before the clock starts ticking!
First begin putting a team together and register for the 48HFP in your city.
Next after registering, you will receive a series of emails with information and tips for a successful event. During the lead up to the Project, teams recruit their cast and crew, scout locations and pull their gear together - putting everything in place for the filmmaking weekend.
Friday Night Kickoff Los Angeles: Dates To Be Determined
The 48 Hour Film Project weekend starts on a Friday night with the Kickoff Event for your city. At the Kickoff:
- Each team receives the genre for its film in a random drawing
- Then the required elements are announced - a character, a prop and a line of dialogue - each of which must appear in all films
Then it is off to the races!! Filmmakers have just 48 hours to write, shoot and edit their film.
Film Weekend: 48 Hours of Non-Stop Action Los Angeles: Dates To Be Determined
Most teams schedule their weekend like this:
- Friday Night: Writing the script, gathering costumes and props
- Saturday: Production - this is the shoot
- Sunday: Editing and Dropoff - it's time to complete your film as the minutes tick down
Sunday Night Dropoff Los Angeles: Dates To Be Determined
At the Dropoff Event, teams submit their film along with the required paperwork. But don't be late! One minute late is too late to be eligible for awards - but all films are screened.
Premiere Screening: Your Film on the Big Screen Los Angeles: Dates To Be Determined
The culmination of all your hard work is a screening of your film at a local theater. All submitted films (both late and on-time) will be screened!
Filmmakers experience the thrill of seeing their creative work on the big screen in front of an audience. An opportunity you don't want to miss!Judging & Prizes After the 48
Ready to Get Started?1. Join Our Email List
2. Put Your Team Together
3. Think of a Team Name
Find Us on Facebook
Don't forget to join your city's Facebook page to keep up with the latest news and events.
Assembling Your Team
You only need a few key people on board to sign up your team. Where can you find other teammates? Friends & Family, Craig's List, Facebook, Twitter!
Networking Events
Your city's webpage will let you know about upcoming networking events - a great place to find teammates.• more info
SAG-AFTRA Team Members
SAG-AFTRA does allow its members to participate in 48 hour films, but this entails additional paperwork and distribution restrictions.
Local Musicians
Some local musicians, bands & composers may be willing to let you use their work in your film because it creates additional exposure for their talents.


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My cohort, we talk. After our weekend intensive classes, we often go out roaming in search of a likely bar, and when we find one, we sit, we drink, and we talk. And since we've generally just spent 12 hours in class together, we usually end up talking about library school.
This month marks the halfway point through our MLS program, and by now we've begun to form some strong opinions on the subject: what's working, what's not, what we'd change if we could. And a few of us began to play with this question: if you could design your own MLS program from scratch, what features would you definitely include? Especially those that are lacking from library education as it exists today — if you were establishing the program that would define library school for the next generation, what do you think would absolutely need to be a part of it?
Yeah, that was a bit of a can of worms.
There were as many answers as there were people in the conversation, and many of the responses were necessarily informed by the idiosyncrasies of our own MLS program. But I can tell you what my answer was:
In my fantasy library school, every MLS granted would require demonstrated proficiency in a hard technical skill. Coding, database admin, network admin, multimedia production, etc. — not just a little dabbling in web design or knowing how to secure a wifi network, but some serious skills. And I mean every MLS, from the archivist to the youth services librarian. From now on, "librarian" also implies "geek," and everybody's got to earn their badge. You may never use it, but just like high school algebra, you still gotta learn it.
But that needs to change. We talk at great length about how vital we are in this information age, but just our saying so isn't going to convince the rest of the world. We have to be able to back up our words with concrete action, and to do that, we need to know that we collectively possess the skills necessary to implement our ideas without relying on others to do our geek work for us. What would librarianship look like if we all understood how our ILS is constructed, and how to build and adapt it to our library's specific needs?Or if we all could be actively involved in building public wifi networks in our cities and towns? Or if we all felt confident enough with technology to start hackerspaces in our communities? And what better time to start learning those skills, if we haven't already, than in library school? Some schools already offer higher-level technology instruction, but many — like mine — still don't.
This is hard stuff for a lot of us, hard to imagine and harder still to do. But I think these are the sorts of skill that are becoming imperative for us as librarians to possess, and that without them we risk permanent irrelevance. So my hypothetical dream library school would be teaching them from the first term as a required course, and not calling any student "librarian" without them.
But that's just me. Do you think we need a more rigorous technology requirement for the MLS? What would you do with your perfect library school? Leave a comment!
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Nutrition News: Weight loss that works
Researchers from The Miriam Hospital have published one of the first studies of its kind to follow weight loss maintenance for individuals over a 10-year period. The results show that maintenance of long-term weight loss is possible if individuals adhere to key health behaviors.
The study, published in the January 2014 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, followed nearly 3,000 participants in a 10-year observational study of self-reported weight loss and behavior changes. Lead author J. Graham Thomas followed participants who had lost at least 30 pounds and had kept if off for at least one year when they were enrolled in the National Weight Control Registry.
The goal of the study was to determine how well participants kept the weight off and to identify predictors of successful weight-loss maintenance.
Those successful in weight loss had several common habits — continued performance of physical activity, self-weighing, low-fat diets and avoiding overeating.
Other findings from the study show that more than 87 percent of the participants were estimated to be still maintaining at least a 10 percent weight loss at years five and 10.
The researchers found that a larger initial weight loss and longer duration of maintenance were associated with better long-term outcomes. Conversely, they found that decreases in physical activity, dietary restraint and self-weighing along with increases in fat intake were associated with greater weight regain.
"What the results tell us is that long-term weight loss maintenance is possible, but it requires persistent adherence to a few key health behaviors," said Thomas.
There's an app for that
Restaurants have jumped on the bandwagon to help with weight loss. Panera Bread has a "Panera Lose It! Challenge" with a power menu offerings and memberships in the MyPanera loyalty program. Consumers are challenged to try to lose five pounds in six weeks by dining on the Power Menu's high protein, low-carb, heavy-on-the-veggies bowls, wraps and salads and tracking their progress with a free app for iPhones and Androids. The app tracks calories burned, minutes exercised and pounds lost and lets users see other members currently participating.
Q: How hard do I have to be working for activity to be considered "moderate"?
A: The intensity of activity considered moderate depends on your level of fitness. A simple recommended way to tell whether you are exercising at moderate-intensity is that you should be able to talk while doing it. But if you can sing, you are not pushing yourself hard enough for it to be considered moderate activity.
After a few minutes of activity, if you can't talk or can only talk in limited bursts, your exercise would be classified as vigorous. The most common choice of moderate activity is walking; for most people, moderate activity corresponds to a pace of 3 to 4 miles per hour (which means walking between three-quarters of a mile and a mile in 15 minutes). For some people, whose sedentary lifestyle, illness or excess weight has led to a low level of fitness, even less demanding whole body movement may actually be moderate activity.
Recommendations for lower cancer risk and better overall health advise us to accumulate 30 minutes or more of moderate physical activity daily. You'll likely get even more health benefits, and greater help if you're seeking weight loss, by accumulating 60 minutes a day (or 30 minutes a day of vigorous activity). This moderate activity can occur as intentional "exercise" or may be accumulated in blocks of 10 minutes or more as part of transportation to a job, school or errands, household chores or work.
Decreasing sedentary time by boosting light activity also appears to provide health benefits, but for most people it cannot replace the health protection that comes from regular moderate activity.
— Information courtesy of the American Institute for Cancer Research
This recipe for Winter Vegetable Soup, from Cooking Light, takes a classic and makes it healthier with the addition of squash, kale and white beans.
1 t olive oil
2 ounces pancetta (or smoked bacon), chopped
1 cup chopped onion
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups cubed peeled acorn squash
2 cups diced peeled red potato
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1 t dried basil
1/4 t ground cinnamon
1/4 t dried thyme
1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes, drained and chopped
2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
4 cups chopped kale
1 (15.5-ounce) can navy beans or other small white beans, rinsed and drained
Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add pancetta; saute 3 minutes. Add onion and garlic; saute 3 minutes. Add squash and next six ingredients (squash through thyme), stirring to combine; cook 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes; cook 2 minutes. Stir in broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 8 minutes. Add kale; simmer 5 minutes. Add beans; simmer 4 minutes or until potato and kale are tender.
Serves four (2 cups each).
Per serving: 349 calories, 14.4 g protein, 55 g carbohydrate, 10.4 g fat, 10 mg cholesterol, 10.5 g fiber, 1076 mg sodium.
Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian from Springfield, Ill. For comments or questions, contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow her on Twitter @NutritionRD.